Smelling Salts – History, Uses & Disadvantages

Smelling salts

Smelling salts are a centuries-old folk prescription for fainting. From back to the 13th century at least, ammonia — the active component in smelling salts — has been a key component of the doctor’s medicine bag. Recently, physicians largely moved away from smelling salts in favor of more straightforward techniques to prevent or reverse fainting.  But … Read more

MFine (Digital health platform) secures $48 million in Series C fundraise

MFine (Digital health platform)

MFine raised $48 million as part of its Series C fund raise. According to sources, MFine, an on-demand healthcare platform based in Bangalore, has raised $48 million in a Series C round co-led by Moore Strategic Ventures and BEENEXT, valued at more than $450 million, sources say. It has been announced that Moore Strategic Ventures … Read more

Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Facebook, Intel, and Alphabet had a combined $100B+ in overseas pretax income in FY 2020, making them targets of Biden’s new tax plans (Bloomberg)

Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Facebook, Intel, and Alphabet had a combined $100B+ in overseas pretax income in FY 2020, making them targets of Biden’s new tax plans — – Biden plan takes aim at popular tech tax-code maneuvers — Book income tax would have cost Apple alone $3.8 bln in 2020. The Tax Plan Targets a … Read more

Interview with Biz Stone about Future Positive, an investment firm he founded in 2019 with Fred Blackford to focus on investments that can be held for decades (Dave Lee/Financial Times)

Interview with Biz Stone about Future Positive, an investment firm he founded in 2019 with Fred Blackford to focus on investments that can be held for decades — The social media pioneer’s firm is chasing investments that have no expiry date — The man who helped create Twitter. In an interview with Biz Stone, Twitter’s … Read more

Parler says it is now accessible for existing users and will accept new signups starting next week, announces Tea Party activist Mark Meckler as interim CEO

Parler says it’s now accessible for present customers and can settle for new signups beginning subsequent week, declares Tea Occasion activist Mark Meckler as interim CEO — An Amazon suspension shut it down in January — The choice social community Parler has reopened after a month offline. As a result of a month of downtime, … Read more